The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1974
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
10:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.09° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.00° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.